Recent content by daveslee

I've used this train a few times, usually the Glasgow to Newcastle direction. I travel quite frequently from Hexham to Glasgow and back. When all is falling appart on the WCML between Glasgow and Carlisle the little 156 just trundles quietly through all those little stations past Dumfries. When...

Other "indoors" locations for cars and taxis: Aberdeen, Glasgow Central. There are also places where the platforms are very close to public car parks - the long stay disabled bays at Newcastle is a good example. And before you suggest I am making it "easy" for terrorists, you might not like...

On a slightly different tack - wouldn't electrification of the Tyne Valley line itself be rather difficult if it was to be compatible with the main East and West coast mainloine to be a diversionary route? There are lots of historic and (I think) listed structures along the line that would...

It's not often that I de-lurk and post on any forum, but after 60 pages I have to speak up... That's an excellent summary. I've followed the twists and turns of this story from when it first appeared and as an ordinary member of the travelling public it has changed my behaviour on the...

Gentlemen, many thanks; if you gurus can be temporarily confused then there is little hope for me. I am now clear - on my Anytime ticket once at Euston, take any cross London route that seems sensible that I want provided that I cross London to another London terminal all in one go (I can't...

I'm travelling from Birmingham International to Brighton next week and have bought my tickets. There seem to be lots of options for the leg across London from Euston station and the validity on the tickets give scant clues as to what I can and can not do. I used the East Coast booking engine and...